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Characterisation of  Borrelia  strains from  Ixodes ricinus  ticks is important in the epidemiological surveillance of vector-borne pathogens. Multilocus sequences analysis (MLSA) is a molecular genotyping tool with high discriminatory power that has been applied in evolutionary studies and for the characterisation of  Borrelia  genospecies. MLSA was used to study genetic variations in  Borrelia  strains isolated from  I. ricinus  ticks collected from the woodlands in Skodje. The results demonstrate that the 50  Borrelia  strains were separated into 36 sequence types (STs) that were not previously represented in the MLST database. A distance matrix neighbour-joining tree (bootstrapped 500 iterations) showed four deeply branched clusters, and each deeply branched cluster represented one  Borrelia  genospecies. The mean pairwise genetic differences confirm the genospecies clustering. The combination of alleles separates the  Borrelia  strains from northwest Norway from the strains in the MLST database, thus identifying new STs. Although a highly divergent  B. afzelii  population could be expected, the heterogeneity among the  B. garinii  strains is more unusual. The present study indicates that the circulation of strains between migrating birds and stationary birds in this coastal region may play a role in the evolution of  B. garinii  strains.

Exploring Diversity among NorwegianBorreliaStrains Originating fromIxodes ricinusTicks